The Long Ladder

A Four-Footed Gentleman

The Bad Fairy

The Goblin Face

The Lost Brooch

Only a Bunch of Violets

A Canary Tragedy

Coo-Coo's Second Husband

Harry's Reward

Brothers and Mushrooms

A Remarkable Watch

The Blackberry Elf

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[Pg 9]

FIVE MINUTES' STORIES.

By Mrs. MOLESWORTH.

ABDALLAH THE UNHAPPY.

 GREAT many years ago there dwelt in a city of the East, of which you have never heard the name, a wise and holy man. He was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens, for he was kind and benevolent, never refusing good counsel to those in earnest to profit by it, so that by degrees the fame of his sagacity spread far and wide, and many came from great distances to consult him.

GREAT

One day he was sitting in front of his modest dwelling, enjoying the soft breeze 

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